Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-10-21
Local News.

pig purchased IN Illinois.
Twelve carloads of live stock were
shipped from the Mineral Point station
on Monday afternoon.
The Alpha society at the p. NJ.
| church will hold bazaar and festival
Nov. 3, 1887.
The membership of the choir of
| Trinity (EpiscopaD church has been
| largely increased
Felix Burgess, David Jenkins and
John Collins shipped several carloads
of fine steers to Chicago on Monday.
The freight train from this city on
Tuesday afternoon contained six car
loads of live stock and six carloads
of potatoes.
Rev. J. Darcy, of st. Patrick church,
South Chicago, H., paid short visit
to his parents and friends in this city
during the week.
There will be grand cloak opening
at Deller's on Wednesday next. Read
the announcement to be found in an
other column on this page.
The earnings of the st. Paul road
during the first week of October were
$6I8,000 against $4,000 during the
corresponding period of last year.
The Boscobel Dial says that the
western bound passenger of last Tues
day evening carried with it twenty-five
coaches loaded with Harvest excur-
sionists, it being the largest passenger
train that ever passed through that
city
\ new time-card went into effect on
the Prairie du Chen division of the st.
Paul road on Sunday last. The pass
enger train east via Milton junction
will arrive at Ma dison at 1l:15 a. m.
and leave at 1928, stopping for dinner
at the Junction instead of Madison.
The social hop given by the Legate
drum corps at the city hall on Wednes-
day evening was very pleasant and
successful. There were over eighty-tive
couples present, excellent music was
furnished by Dresen's orchestra, and
the whole company highly enjoyed
| themselves.
On Saturday last, eight horses af-
tlicted with CHAMBERS i'll Sinsinawa
Mound township, Grant county, Wis
consin, were shot by order of the state
veterinary surgeon. The disease is
still prevalent in that locality, as was
ascertained by examination, and fur
Their steps are to be taken to Grad
icate it.
James G.. Monahan, editor of The
Darlington Republican, was in town
on Friday last, and made The Dem
ocrat a short call Jim never fails to
receive a cordial gre citing when he
comes to Mineral Point, where he has
hosts of warm friends. It is only to
be regretted that man with SO many
good points of character should be
misguided politically.
Edward Drew, of the town of Min
eral Point, left this city on Monday
last for his new home near Gem,
Thomas county, Kansas. Together
with other property he took with him a
splendid matched team of Moody
mares, which he recently purchased
from :. Salmon for the sum of four
hundred dollars. He has doubtless
one of the finest teams in the county
in which he has located.
The Rt. Rev. Edward II. Welles
bishop of the diocese of Milwaukee
came to visit the church in this city
on Friday last, and remained until
Monday morning. At Trinity church
on Sunday, he preached in the morn
ing and administered the sacram ent
of holy communion; in the afternoon
he spoke to the children of the sun
day school and catechised them, and
preached another sermon at the even
ing service in the church.
On last Friday evening Clark Brown
a farmer living near Blue River Sta
, ton, was returning home from Bos
cobel on a freight train. when neal
his home he jumped from the moving
4 train, and received injuries from which
he died on Saturday evening. 1t wa:
4 not known that he had been injured
u u until he was found lying by the track
4 on Saturday morning, when life wa!
n not extinct, but he was injured pas
: all hope of recovery, and died at sever
o'clock in the evening.
Il c. W. Goldsworthy raffied his coy
n last week in order to raise money {,
n take his little boy (who has a lam
= ARM TO Chicago for medical treatment
:, John Kim held the lucky number
6l-but sold the cow back to Mr.. G
at reasonable price. We are sorr
:. that physicians at Rush medical CO
;, lege, who were consulted in regard {
the boy, held out no hope of perms
"a nent cure. but they prescribed cours
| whi ch they say will benefit him cor